《查莉成长日记》精讲 155

Honey, I try never to ask you this after you exit the bathroom, but what was that horrible sound I heard a few minutes ago?

亲爱的，你从卫生间出来后我努力不问你问题，但是几分钟前那怪声是怎么回事？

Charlie just threw some things in the toilet, clogged¹ up the pipes.

查莉往马桶里扔了点东西，然后下水道就堵了。

So I just gotta dig a little hole in the backyard, clean out the main line. Don't worry. Everything is gonna be fine.

于是我准备在后院挖一个小洞，疏通主管道。别慌。没事的。

Should I call a plumber²?

是不是应该叫个水管工啊？

Absolutely not. I have got this all under control.

不应该。一切皆在我的掌控中。

Where's Charlie?

查莉呢？

I'll be right back.

我去去就回。

As long as he looks scared, I've done my job.

我的主要工作就是吓唬他。

Boys, would you turn down that tv in your room?

孩子们，能把你们屋里的电视关小点声吗？

Tv in your room? Oh, mama don't think so.

你们屋里的电视？噢，大事不妙了。

What is this? -A free tv. Ha ha!

这是啥？-一台免费电视。哈哈！

Isn't it awesome³? It was just sitting on someone's lawn.

是不是酷毙了就放在某人家的草坪上。

Yeah, there was a sign that said "please take," so we took.

没错，上面还写着“请笑纳”，于是我们就笑纳了。

It's a little big for the room, don't you think? Yeah, it was at first, but then Gabe came up with the brilliant idea of bunk⁴ desks.

你们不觉着对于这房间来说有点大吗？是啊，一开始我们也有这顾虑，但随后盖比灵机一动，把桌子摞起来。

Bunk desks. Right right. Where's your dresser? -Under P.J.'s bed.

摞起来。好吧，好吧。那你们的衣柜呢？-PJ床底下。

Yeah, at first I was concerned that getting a fresh pair of underpants every day was gonna be a little tricky⁵.

没错，但一开始我也担心每天去床底下拿内裤是不是有点费劲。

But then I came up with a solution...the underpants pillow. -Bam! -Buh-bam!

但是我又灵机一动看看我们的内裤枕头。-天才吧！-太天才了！

Every time I come in here I regret it.

每次我来这里我都追悔莫及。

1 clogged   

（使）阻碍( clog的过去式和过去分词 )； 淤滞

参考例句：

• The narrow streets were clogged with traffic. 狭窄的街道上交通堵塞。
• The intake of gasoline was stopped by a clogged fuel line. 汽油的注入由于管道阻塞而停止了。

2 plumber   

n.(装修水管的)管子工

参考例句：

• Have you asked the plumber to come and look at the leaking pipe?你叫管道工来检查漏水的管子了吗？
• The plumber screwed up the tap by means of a spanner.管子工用板手把龙头旋紧。

3 awesome   

adj.令人惊叹的，难得吓人的，很好的

参考例句：

• The church in Ireland has always exercised an awesome power.爱尔兰的教堂一直掌握着令人敬畏的权力。
• That new white convertible is totally awesome.那辆新的白色折篷汽车简直棒极了.

4 bunk   

n.(车、船等倚壁而设的)铺位；废话

参考例句：

• He left his bunk and went up on deck again.他离开自己的铺位再次走到甲板上。
• Most economists think his theories are sheer bunk.大多数经济学家认为他的理论纯属胡说。

5 tricky   

adj.狡猾的，奸诈的；(工作等)棘手的，微妙的

参考例句：

• I'm in a rather tricky position.Can you help me out?我的处境很棘手，你能帮我吗？
• He avoided this tricky question and talked in generalities.他回避了这个非常微妙的问题，只做了个笼统的表述。